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Emma R is 50% done with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
I've been trying to read this for years and actually made some good progress a few months ago, only to completely forget about it until now. I was intrigued because of a stranger's rec years ago, but it's just not doing it for me, and I think I've finally realized why: no one feels like a real person. It could have been a cute little short story, but there is no warmth, no depth, it just seems to rest on quirk alone.
— Apr 11, 2026 06:12PM Add a comment
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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Emma R is starting How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
Got this on a whim from the library, kinda forcing myself to finish it. There have been a handful of decent lines but for the most part it's just garbage. Half the annotations are comments that Seneca is just making something up.
— Apr 11, 2026 06:08PM Add a comment
How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

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Emma R is 93% done with How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
Can't read too much of this at one time. Terribly fascinating, but sad and frightening in equal measure.
— Nov 01, 2022 12:27AM Add a comment
How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

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Emma R is on page 190 of 394 of A Confederacy of Dunces
I am so ANGRY at how good this book is, and that I have spent my whole life only ever hearing that it was funny. Even the cover is littered with praise for how "comical" and "mad" it is, but not a goddamn one of them is talking about how brilliant it is. This is something that (if it maintains its quality through to the end) EVERYONE should be reading right now.
— Aug 10, 2020 11:54PM Add a comment
A Confederacy of Dunces

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Emma R is on page 81 of 328 of 1984
— Aug 15, 2013 02:20AM Add a comment
1984

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